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“Climate change is undeniable” said Secretary-General António Guterres at UN Headquarters in New York today. “The science is beyond doubt,” he added, warning that this issue poses an existential threat to humankind.

To mark one year since the outbreak of the Rohingya refugee crisis, the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake, visited the Cox’s Bazar region of Bangladesh to highlight the need for safe spaces for youth, in particular, for young refugees who lack access to basic human rights.

In late June 2018, UNO-053P, an ATR-72 twin-engine turbo-prop regional airliner adorned in the familiar white and black livery of the UN Department of Field Service (DFS) Aviation, took off just beyond the runway, on the freshly paved and painted asphalt of a newly minted airstrip in Northern Mali, and in doing so, provides tangible results of a successful UN project.

Kofi Annan has died in Switzerland at the age of 80. Mr. Annan served as United Nations Secretary-General from 1997 to 2006. He was jointly awarded the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize - with the United Nations - "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world".

The world is at a turning point. People everywhere understand and support the idea of gender equality. They know it’s not just a women’s issue; it’s a human rights issue. And when these powerful voices are heard, they will change the world.

The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has recently declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the North Kivu province, Eastern DRC. As of 3 August, the WHO reported 13 confirmed and 30 probable cases (including 33 deaths) from this outbreak.